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Member Since:

Feb 19, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2:43 Marathon

1:17:45 Half Marathon

59:09 10 miles

17:15 5k

Still Running (again) after all these years

Short-Term Running Goals:

get back to it and not be a fat blob

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running my whole life

Personal:

Married 21 years- - two kids - 18 year old boy and  15 year old girl

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
63.900.000.000.0063.90
Weight: 142.57
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.100.000.000.004.10

snuck in a short one this morning just to wake up a bit

4.1 @ 7:18 ave pace

Weight: 144.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.800.000.000.007.80

went out in the afternoon but the heat was not nearly as bad as it has been,.  It was overcast which makes such a big difference.  I just cruised along on a mix of routes.  I was a little short of my 8 miles but that's ok

It was the first day of school.  I thought my kids would be tired tonight but they seem to be A-OK.  My son and I biked to school which was pretty cool.  It was only about a mile or so but just enough to get the blood going at 7:30 in the morning.  Hopefully we are up and at 'em so we can do this often. 

7.8 @ 7:20 ave  pace

Weight: 144.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.700.000.000.009.70

Trying to figure out what races) to run this fall.  The one I wanted to do - Chickamauga Half - sold out last month both the half and full.  ugh.  There is one on Thanksgiving in downtown ATL that I guess I will do.  It is only $40 if I sign up this month and I won't spend any $$ for travel.  Some of the halfs around here are $60.  I guess I'm just cheap but that is getting crazy.  Maybe I'll just focus on the ATC races that I get for free with my $20 annual membership fee.  It is just hard to get really stoked about those for some reason.  Usually those are my tune up races for the pay ones. 

before lunch - 5.3 @ 7:15 ave pace.  I've had a big blister on my big toe for a week now.  Are we supposed to pop them or not?  It comes and goes with each run.

Got in another before getting the kids this evening

4.4 @ 7:01 ave pace


Weight: 142.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

Crappy run last night - seemed like a big waste of time. 

8.3 miles @ 7:48 ave pace 

Weight: 142.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.800.000.000.008.80

Sought out some shade and tried to maintain some sort of pace

4.6 @ 7:25 ave pace

another run after work and before Chrys had a meeting - I guess it was 93 or 94 but the clouds have come in and it wasn't as bad as the run earlier in the day. 

4.2 @ 7:09 ave pace

I was just thinking that if the heat wasn't here I would have anything to complain about -- so I'm pretty happy about that.  I know some of you are fighting injuries.  Rhett reminded me earlier that even though I had a sucky run last night, at least I'm able to run.  So true.  I need to be thankful for my many blessings...

I'm trying out a new GPS unit.  It seems to read a bit long.  Has anyone compared their GPS readings to a mapmyrun or runners world route mapping program? 

 

 

Weight: 141.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.400.000.000.0010.40

I'm not sure if the lower temps of the morning are better since they come with higher humidity.  I got in 6.2 in this morning but I had to stop and walk a couple times. 

6.2 @ 7:35 ave pace

Got in another 4.2 before getting the kids from after school camp

4.2 @ 7:30 ave pace

Ate some really good BBQ tonight - plus brunswick stew and bbq beans and a few fries.  I'll be ready to go for my LSD tomorrow morning!

Weight: 141.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.800.000.000.0014.80

nice and overcast this morning - yea!

took the long run easy and it was ok.  Still lost 6lb of water weight.  All that salty bbq really bloated me - but at least I had plenty of h20 in my system.  I took along 2 more electrolyte tabs and popped them after an hour.  I don't know if they help, but I had them...

Weight: 144.00
Comments(11)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
63.900.000.000.0063.90
Weight: 142.57
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